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W. W. KRUTSOH.

BUGGY TOP ATTACHMENT.

16.550,624. PmentedDe.s,-1895.

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WILLIS W. KRUTSOH, OF OOFFEYVILLF., KANSAS, ASSIGNOR TO THEKRUTSOIISTEVENS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

`BUCGY-TOP ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No. 550,624, dated December3, 1895. Application iiled January 14, 1895. Serial No. 534,884. (Nomodel.)

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that l, WILLIS W. KRUTscH, a citizen of the United States,residing in Ooffeyville, in the county of Montgomery and State ofKansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buggy-TopAttachments, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whichform a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an attachment for buggy-tops whereby the top canbe easily and conveniently let down and raised without alighting fromthe buggy; and my inven tion consists in certain features of noveltyhereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a view of a buggy-top providedwith my improvements. Fig. II is a detail perspective view of theshifting rail, the top-bow, and the top-brace, and showing myimprovements applied thereto. Fig. III is a detail plan view of theparts to which my improvements are immediately applied and with whichthey immediately co-operate. Fig. IV is a detail view of a portion ofthe top-brace and plate which is held in engagement therewith. Fig. V isa viewof the bolt which connects the several parts of the attachment.Fig. VI is a detail view, partly in cross-section, of a spring forsupporting the top when let down. Fig. VII is a view of the plate nextthe shifting rail, showing the lugs thereon to engage the hook at theend of the spring. is a detail view of the lower end of the topbrace,having the plate formed integral therewith. Fig. IX is a `view of thehandle by which the top is let down and raised.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

l represents the shifting rail of a buggy, and 2 the arm thereof, uponwhich is carried one end of the top-brace 3. The top-brace is formed intwo pieces pivoted together in the usual manner, and at its respectiveends it is provided with the plates 4 and 5, formed integral therewith.Theplatefl is adapted to be set on the arm 2 of the shifting rail andthe plate 5 adapted to` be set on the bolt 6, which connects thetop-brace with the toprig. vin,

bow 6a. This bolt 6 is provided with the round portion Il, upon whichthe ends of the top-brace 3 and the horizontal section l0 are carried,and with the square portion l2, upon which the plate 7 is carried. Theplate 7 is placed adjacent to the plate 5 of the top-brace on the bolt,and it is provided with the lugs 8, which Iit in and enter the series ofopenings 9, formed in the plate 5. By such an arrangement the plate 7'may be adjusted in any of the openings 9, so as to accommodate thedevice to a three or four bow top, or to a top with any number of bows,and bring the handle in each case to a substantially horizontalposition, in which position it is much more convenient for operation.

IO representsa handle carried by the square portion 12 of the bolt 6.

The operation of my attachment is as follows: By turning the handle 7the bolt is moved, and with it the plate', which, owing to itsbeing inengagement with the plate 5 on the brace, causes the brace to move andbreak the joint, thus permitting the top to be let down. When the top isto be raised, the handle is grasped to raise the top, and when the topis in its raised position the handle is turned to lock the brace. j

13 represents a coiled spring carried by the arm. It isprovided at oneend with the hook 14, formed thereon in the direct line of the coil andadapted to engage one of the lugs 15, formed on the face of the plateI6, which is carried by the arm 2. The other end of the spring isstraightened, adapting it to engage the lug 17 on the plate 4. Thetension of the spring is regulated and adjusted by the engagement of thehook I4. with one of the lugs l5 on the plate 16, the tension beingadjusted to such a degree as to relieve the top-bow from the weight ofthe top when it is let down.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as newtherein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. In an attachment for vehicle tops, the combination with the jointedtop brace, the

plate 5 formed integral therewith and having the series of openingsQtherein, the plate 7 having the oppositely disposed lugs on said plateand adapted to engage in said openings 9, and a handle lO for turningsaid last men- ICO tioned plate whereby the joint in the brace is brokenand the rtop let'down substantially as set forth.

2. In an attachment for buggy tops the coinhination With the shiftingrail, the jointed top-brace having one end carried thereby and .l theother end loosely 'secured to the top how, l a plate 5 having oppositelydisposedvopeninfgs and formed integral with said top brace, a holtpassing through the top brace and the plate 5, a plate 7 carried rigidlyon said holt1 and having oppositely disposed lugs Sforined thereon andadapted to engage the openings in said plate 5, and an operating handlealso

